Flextronics Honors Companies With Global Supplier Performance Awards SINGAPORE, May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Flextronics today announced awarding its eight top suppliers with Flextronics' 2003 Global Supplier Performance Award. As part of the annual event, Flextronics awarded suppliers who provided world-class support in the areas of quality, total cost, global account management, supply chain and design. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20010815/FLEXLOGO ) "Our supply base delivered more than USD$11 billion in products and services to Flextronics for the 2003 calendar year," said Steve Martson, senior vice president and chief procurement officer of Flextronics. "Given the changing landscape of our business and important role suppliers play in our success, it's a pleasure to take this opportunity to recognize eight top suppliers for their outstanding performance." Recipients of the 2003 Global Supplier Performance Awards included: Future Electronics, a world-class leader and innovator in the distribution and marketing of semiconductors and passive, interconnect, and electro-mechanical components, operating from 155 offices in 35 countries in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. KEMET Electronics Corporation (NYSE:KEM), a global supplier of capacitor solutions with a long-term leading position in tantalum products, a rapidly expanding MLCC product line, and leading-edge tantalum and aluminum organic polymer product offerings. KOA Corporation, a leading supplier of surface mount and thru-hole resistors, tantalum chip capacitors, resistor networks, inductors, integrated components, circuit protection and EMI/EMC filtering components. Mitsui & Co., Ltd., a general trading company that maintains a global network of 195 offices in 86 countries, and has 746 subsidiaries and associated companies worldwide. In fiscal year 2003, with total trade transactions of $112,175 million, the company ranked 11th in the "Global 500" by Fortune magazine. ON Semiconductor (NASDAQ:ONNN), offering an extensive portfolio of power- and data-management semiconductors and standard semiconductor components that address the design needs of today's sophisticated electronic products, appliances and automobiles. ROHM Co. Ltd (JP: 6963), a worldwide supplier of advanced electronic components, Rohm consistently provides high-quality products in large volumes to the global market. Texas Instruments Incorporated, providing innovative DSP and analog technologies to meet customers' real-world signal processing requirements. In addition to semiconductors, the company's businesses include sensors and controls, and educational and productivity solutions. Broad Technologies Inc., headquartered in Taiwan with operations in GuangZhou, China, Broad Technology, Inc. (BTI) is a leading PCB manufacturer, producing over 1.5 million square feet of PCBs per month. Founded in 1997, BTI has grown to over $200 million in projected 2004 revenues. About Flextronics Headquartered in Singapore, Flextronics is the leading Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider focused on delivering operational services to technology companies. With fiscal year 2004 revenues of USD$14.5 billion, Flextronics is a major global operating company with design, engineering, manufacturing, and logistics operations in 29 countries and five continents. This global presence allows for manufacturing excellence through a network of facilities situated in key markets and geographies that provide customers with the resources, technology, and capacity to optimize their operations. Flextronics' ability to provide end-to-end operational services that include innovative product design, test solutions, manufacturing, IT expertise, network services, and logistics has established the Company as the leading EMS provider. For more information, please visit http://www.flextronics.com/ . http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20010815/FLEXLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Flextronics International CONTACT: Renee Brotherton, Senior Director of Corporate Marketing of Flextronics, +1-408-576-7189, or Web site: http://www.flextronics.com/

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